Dropped Kerb issue.

madcow_57

My daughter lives next door to a rather nasty bloke who thinks he owns the path.

He paid for a dropped kerb. Ok I here you ask.

The dropped kerb is on the council grass verse. A stip of grass which is about 1 metre depth, then the main pathway then his gates with a brick wall round his palace.

He parks his car right accros the drop kerb to stop people using it as a turning point. If he is not in he gets his neighbourto park his car there.

He is very abusive and extremly rude.

I did ring the highways who said "Yes he may have paid for the drop kerb but apparently he does not own it"

I politly sent him a note through his door. This has gone on deaf ears.
Suggestions please as we are at our wits ind with him.
My daughter does not own a car. But I do so does her inlaws.

spadoosh

Im not too sure what the problem is. is it limiting your parking space? surely if he has a dropped kerb there should be a driveway?? and if your parking on the dropped kerb you would be blocking his drive?

Dont know why you would have a dropped kerb if you didnt have a driveway?!

serious_saver

Could you tell us what exactly the problem is/ why it is a problem for your daughter? Is it causing daughter problems parking/getting out of the street? Does the dropped kerb lead onto a driveway?

***Edit***

Oops looks like you beat me to it!

madcow_57

He is accusing her visitors of using his dropped kerb to turn there cars round in. There is no driveway. There is a dropped kerb. Grass verge either side of the dropped kerb. 1 metre width then a public footpath then gates to his parking area enclosed via a brick wall.

Orford

It's not clear from your posts whether he's parking on the crossover itself ie between then kerbline and his driveway or is parking on the road ie across the crossover

jillymit

OK, so, He has paid for the drop kerb and now parks across it or gets someone else to which prevents you from using it to turn your vehicle?

Well he doesn't own the drop kerb or the public path it's on so cannot stop you using it but you can't stop him or his mate parking across it on the road providing the car has valid road tax.

Stale mate.

It could be worse, I think I'm right in saying that even if the drop kerb was paid for by your daughter at the end of her drive you may still not be able to stop him or his mate parking across it as it doesn't guarantee right of way and only becomes and offence if you stop someone exiting their property not entering it.

Nothing to stop you parking across it :rotfl: although you would be asking for trouble IMHO

LudaMusser

Photos would be good. If he is blocking an area designed for turning I would complain to the local council. Failing that, buy an old banger for £50, tax and insure it then park it on 'his' dropped kerb

Coupon-mad

I think it depends on the Traffic Order in that road - ask the Council for a copy to be emailed, they have to provide it to any interested person and at minimal or zero cost. If it's not clear from that then ask the Council to email the t&cs of any Special Enforcement policy they have in force, regarding dropped kerbs/driveways.

In some areas it's OK to park across your own driveway dropped kerb, or if the householder has permitted you to park there. But the householder can complain to the Council if others park there, and they could then get a PCN - for instance in my area that's the rule where there's a white line in front of the d.kerb. The details were published in the local paper when the Council decided to start ticketing for this.

In most areas of course you can get a PCN for parking across a kerb that's been dropped for wheelchair access to cross a road - but that's not the same as a person's driveway.

But from your post, madcow_57, I cannot see that the neighbour is doing anything wrong. He has his own permission to park there and so does his neighbour!

C_Mababejive

I dont see a problem.

He paid to have a kerb on a public highway to permit access to his drive way.

Anyone can park on the public highway therefore strictly speaking,you could park on the highway alongside his dropped kerb.

This would cause problems because if his car is in the drive at the time,you could be ticketed for obstructing his lawful use of the highway.

There really is nothing to fight about here. Leave the guy alone to get on with his life and you get along with yours.

If you were aware of some of the severe neighbour issues suffered by some,you would be glad this is all you have to worry about.

keystone

Parking across a dropped kerb is classed as an obstruction. He is ALSO causing an obstruction by parking there irrespective of whether the dropped kerb leads to his own driveway or not and irrespective of whether he paid for it to be put in or not.

If it troubles you that much dob him in to the local authority enforcement bods. He'll soon stop doing it after a ticket or two!

Cheers

peter_the_piper

He'll possibly come on here asking how to get off the tickets.